Iyad Khalil Zaki

Ayad Khalil Zaki (Arabic: اياد خليل زكي) was an Iraqi Army General. A career Combat engineering officer, he later served as the Governor of Muthanna Province after retiring from military service.

Ayad Khalil Zaki
اياد خليل زكي
General Zaki in 1990
Governor of Muthanna Province
In office
1995–2002
PresidentSaddam Hussein
Personal details
Bornc.1944
Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq
Died21 August 2013
Military service
AllegianceIndependent
Branch/serviceIraqi Army
Years of service1956 - 1995
RankColonel General Iraqi general
Unit14th Combat Engineering Regiment ( Corps of Engineers )
Commands5th Infantry Division (1984-1987)
4th Corps (1987-1991)
Battles/warsIran-Iraq War

Zaki was a Sunni Arab from Baghdad.[1]

He served as the Iraqi field commander during the second Anfal Campaign.[2] By 1990 Zaki was the Commander of the IV Corps of the Iraqi Army.[3]

By 1991 Zaki had been promoted to the position of Armed Forces Assistant Chief of Staff for Supplies and Logistics.[4] In early December 1994 Zaki was one of the Generals called on by Wafiq as-Samarra to revolt when Samarra defected.[1]

Zaki served as Assistant Chief of Staff until being made the Governor of Muthanna Province.[5]

Zaki left Iraq following the 2004 Invasion of Iraq and the overthrow of the Ba'athist government and traveled to Jordan [6] He died on the 22 August 2013.[7]

Command and Staff positions held
  • Second in Command, Sapper Platoon 1956-57
  • Pioneers and Sappers Platoon Leader - 1957-1959
  • Combat Engineering officers company leader and battalion staff officer course, Soviet Union - 1959-1960
  • Second in Command, Sapper Company - 1960-1962
  • Commanding Officer, B Sapper Company, 2nd Sapper Battalion, 5th Motorised Brigade - 1962-1964
  • Combined Arms/All-Arms Operations Officers Course, Soviet Union - 1964-1965
  • Adjutant, 1st Field Engineer Regiment, 1st Division - 1965-1967
  • Instructor, Military Engineering College - 1967-1968
  • Commanding Officer, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 12th Armoured Brigade, 3rd Armoured Division - 1968-1971
  • Higher Command and Staff College Course (Frunze University), Soviet Union - 1971-1972
  • GSO-I, 2nd Infantry Brigade, 1st Division - 1972-1976
  • Executive Staff Officer, Personnel and Training Division, Army General Headquarters Baghdad - 1976-1979
  • Commander, 14th Infantry Brigade, 4th Division - 1979-1982
  • Commander, 2nd Combat Engineering Brigade, II Corps - 1982-1984
  • General Officer Commanding, 5th Infantry Division, 1984-1987
  • GSO-I and Chief of Operations, II Corps - 1987-1990
  • General Officer Commanding, IV Corps - 1990-1994
  • Assistant Minister of Defence, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army and Chief of Supplies and Logistics - 1994-1999

Ranks
  • Second Lieutenant Iraqi second lieutenant - 1956-57
  • Lieutenant Iraqi lieutenant - 1957-1960
  • Captain Iraqi captain - 1960-1965
  • Major Iraqi major - 1965-1968
  • Lieutenant Colonel Iraqi lieutenant colonel - 1968-1972
  • Colonel Iraqi colonel - 1972-1979
  • Brigadier Iraqi brigadier general - 1979-1984
  • Major General Iraqi major general - 1984-1989
  • Lieutenant General Iraqi lieutenant general - 1989-1995
  • Colonel General ( Full General ) Iraqi general - 1995-1999

References
  1. Maddy-Weitzman, Bruce. Middle East Contemporary Survey, Volume 24. p. 256 & p. 276.
  2. Human Rights Watch - Appendix B - The Perpetrators of Anfal: A Road-Map to the Principal Agencies and Individuals
  3. Ayalon, Ami (1 August 1992). Middle East Contemporary Survey 1990, Volume 14; Volume 1990. The Moshe Dayan Center. p. 420.
  4. al-Marashi, Ibrahim; Salama, Sammy (2008). Iraq's Armed Forces: An Analytical History. Routledge. p. 189.
  5. Maddy-Weitzman, Bruce (5 September 2002). Middle East Contemporary Survey, Volume 24. The Moshe Dayan Center. p. 256 & p. 276.
  6. Woods, Kevin M. (2011) [2010]. Saddam's Generals: Perspectives of the Iran-Iraq War. Alexandria, VA: Institute for Defense Analyses. p. 43. ISBN 9780160896132.
  7. "BANGRE". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-03.


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